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[quote=Anonymous][quote]1. yes, there were collisions on King Street. No pedestrian collisions IIUC, but there were car/car collisions, and that decreased, and traffic flows on King and on other streets were not significantly impacted.

2. Getting more people heading E/W onto transit in a dedicated lane would provide an alternative, as well as move more people with less road.

3. The City weighs all citizens equally, and does not give higher weigth to those who live in more expensive houses

4. I have met people from the signals dept of T&ES, and I guarantee you, they are full believers in the idea of improving "vehicle level of service" and vehicle throughput. Its not a trivially easy thing to do when you have a lot of movements to balance. I am sure with you expertise and experience in traffic engineering, you can give them good advice though.[/quote]

1. There is NO documentation that the number of collisions have decreased.  NONE.  And clearly traffic flows on King Street have decreased because so many people are using Braddock.

2.  A transit line on Duke will not help because it does not provide enough service.  And most people don't want to use transit.

3. Just because homes in Old Town or Rosemont are more expensive is NOT a reason to ignore the residents' perspectives.

4. The people from T&ES are not listening to residents about our traffic needs.  That is why alternative groups are popping up.  We're getting sick and tired of being bullied by a few people who have a bike-at-all-costs agenda, which doesn't meet the needs or desires of many residents.

Finally, no one is talking about discontinuing bus services or other alternatives that provide vital transportation to many people.  But we do want to be able to get to work, get kids to practices, go to the doctor or dentist or pharmacy, go to the grocery store, go to the dry cleaners, etc., without it taking forever.  Traffic has worsened considerably in the past 2 years and there are clear and obvious reasons why (King Street has gone from 4 lanes to 2, speed limit change on King Street, speed limit change on Quaker).  Additionally, there definitely is a group of people who would like to see parking put in place at King Street and the Potomac Yard metro stations so that they would be willing to use metro.[/quote]

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